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[–] 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The author is a self identifying "neo-conservative". Think that says all I needed.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Yep, I thought it was tongue-in-cheek when he spoke of Tony Blair's consecutive wins in a positive light. I kept reading and realized he was serious.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    It's so just out there and against what I would love to consider the human experience that I want to laugh, but knowing that they are serious it just crushes me thinking of the future. What is it with these vile cretins that has them so averse to helping society as a whole?

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    I don't endorse the headline of this article. I posted it because I found it an interesting read.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Since this community lists Radio Free as an example of sources to use, I definitely see the need to clarify that you don't agree with the author's premise.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    My post history should probably make it clear, not that I expect anyone to go through it to make sure.

    I struggle with trying to get news from across the political spectrum that is reasonably reliable, even if I don't agree with the opinions. Especially when a lot of right-wing publications are downright abhorrent.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    I mean The Atlantic is pretty reliable. It is completely unsurprising they'd run this opinion piece, so it's an easy calibration.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    I was surprised. They tend to skew left while this article is strangely center-right.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    They're no Economist or National Review, but I always have found the Atlantic to be squarely with the currently outgoing political faction that championed bipartisanship. But maybe that's because I grew up reading it and the association is just my own internalization.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    I mean, hermit crabs aren’t parasites.

    But we will gladly take your hollow shell when you’re dead.

    Given the average age of congress, that won’t be long.

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    [–] 31 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Isolationism isn’t as large of an identity of DSA as maybe it has been in the past. Most democratic socialists support aid to Ukraine for example. They just recognize that the nonsense that trump is doing with Iran and the strait of hormuz is putting the US in a bad position for no gain while raising the cost of oil and that what Israel is doing to the Palestinian people is genocide.

    DSA in the United States is basically just putting a spotlight on the fact that nearly every other developed nation has free healthcare, as well as other social services like free childcare and free college education.

    It doesn’t mean we stop buying and selling things or the socialist boogeyman is going to get you. He only does that if you don’t read the Communist Manifesto before bed.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    When you're echoing the talking points of Zionist and fascists. It might be time to triple check you have the facts.

    There are absolutely extremist on the left. And most of them hate DSA too. What actual policies of any of those supported by the DSA that have been elected to do you oppose?

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  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago

    “hostile takeover” using the communication of ideas and persuading people to vote — so, literally ‘democracy’. Disagree on policy all you want, but if you’ve got a problem with the act of democracy, I humbly suggest that you aren’t a “Democrat” and democrats should ignore any guidance from you.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 months ago

    A brief scroll through the authors other articles shows what an utter waste of time this is

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)
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    In 2008, Kirchick wrote about newsletters that contained homophobic, conspiratorial and racist material, published under the name of Texas Congressman and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. The story again became prominent in the 2012 presidential election.

    . . . Immediately after U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning's July 30, 2013 court-martial conviction of, among other charges, violations of the Espionage Act, Kirchick wrote in the Daily News that Manning was "lucky not to be headed to the electric chair."

    Sounds like The Atlantic fucked up.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    this is the bass player from the evil rockabilly band the evil business guy enters in the battle of the bands to stop the hero kids from winning the money to save the teen center

    he eats burgers while the evil frontman does everything and occasionally laughs at the evil frontman's jokes causing burger chunks to fall out of his mouth

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago

    Capitalism propaganda....

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    So the last decades of the UK Labour Party is the template US Democrats should be following?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Exactly the type of content I've come to expect from our favorite username! However, I do wonder why the official position of the DSA is to pacify Russia, up to and including ending military aid to Ukraine. https://international.dsausa.org/ukraine/

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago*

    Anti-interventionism. Which is all fine and well. But I think if there was ever an excuse to support someone with military aid etc. The aggression Ukraine is facing from their fascistic neighbor, justifies it nicely. There's nothing malicious or nefarious about it. Definitely advantageous to putler. But it is ideologically based and consistent.

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